Legal Opinion
Hanrahan v. Blank Rome LLP
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-06562, CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-06563, CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-06564PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
PAPPERT, District Judge
When he was a law school student, Plaintiff William Joseph Hanrahan (“Han-rahan”) interviewed for a summer associate position with several large Philadelphia law firms. After failing to receive a job offer from any of the firms, he sued each of them. Hanrahan, who claims to have a disability, contends the law firms’ decision not to hire him violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).
Defendants Blank Rome LLP (“Blank Rome”), Pepper Hamilton LLP (“Pepper Hamilton”), and Dechert LLP (“Dechert”) (collectively “the law firms”) filed separate motions…
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